1.

Country Music Fever

Vaughn Horton

© Country Sound Music, ASCAP

When I hear music country style I jump with jubilation
So every day I tune my dial to a country music station

I love to hear them pick and sing the songs are so inviting
Those country cats can really swing with a beat that's so exciting

The other day I felt so good that I could hardly stand it
So I went down to Dr Fruite the old head shrinkin' bandit

He said there's something goin' around it's so doggone contagious
When you get hooked on Nashville sound the habit gets outrageous

Yes you've got country music fever country music fever
Country music fever's goin' round
You're so uptight you could blow your mem'ry
Stayin' up nights with ole Ralph Emery
Country music fever's goin' round

He said I'll cut your bill in half if I don't cure your fever
Then he cut out my phonograph and radio receiver

He said you'll have to cool it son I'll put you on a diet
You gotta cut down on Faron Young or up your farenheit

Yes we've got country music fever country music fever
Country music fever's goin' round
Bought another set for my old lady she digs Chet and I dig Grady
Country music fever's goin' round

He psychoanalyzed my life and now my troubles startin'
I found I've got a sneaky wife who listens to Dean Martin

I came home unexpectedly and saw that guilty twinkle
And found Dave Dudley's old LP beside her Humperdinkle

Yes we've got country music fever country music fever
Country music fever's goin round
When ole Tex Ritter joins Merle Haggard to help Buck Owens hold that tiger
Country music fever's goin' round

Country music fever country music fever
Country music fever's goin' round
Gonna take my records when I die to that great turntable in the sky
And keep that country music goin' round
(Round round round)

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2.

Tonight We're Calling It A Day

Harlan Howard

© Tree Pub, BMI

Just for tonight pretend you haven't told me
Words I never thought your lips could say
Help me forget that you no longer want me
Tonight we're calling it a day

I known the facts of life I can't change them
When flowers die they must be thrown away
But I wonder what I'll do with my tomorrows
Tonight we're calling it a day
[ instrumental ]
I'd throw away my pride and beg to hold you
Down on my knees I'd beg for you to stay
But you have other plans and I'm not in them
Tonight we're calling it a day

I known the facts of life I can't change them...

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3.

Thanks A Lot

Eddie Miller - Don Sessions

© Regent Music, BMI

Thanks thanks a lot
I got a broken heart that's all I've got
You made me cry and I cried a lot
Then I lost your love baby thanks a lot

You told our friend I was passing by
And you're not sorry that made me cry
You said I deserve just what I got
Well if that's how you feel honey thanks a lot
[ instrumental ]
You wanted a fool and I played the part
Now all I've got is a broken heart
We played a little and laughed a lot
Then you were gone honey thanks a lot

Thanks thanks a lot
I got a broken heart that's all I've got
You made me cry and I cried a lot
Then you were gone baby thanks a lot
Then you were gone baby thanks a lot

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4.

Where Were You (When I Was Young)

Harlan Howard

© Tree Pub, BMI

I taste the youthful freshness of your lips so sweet
And for a moment I forget my heart picks up its beat
But it's my fate to find too late that often dreamed of kiss
Oh where were you when I was young and needed love like this

I don't wish you were older that would be unkind
But just that somehow fate would let me turn back time
For you're the spring and I'm the fall my summers are all gone
Oh where were you when I was young I searched for you so long

So run along my child and find a young man sweet and kind
And don't be worried over me for baby I don't mind
You're just as pretty as I dreamed that you would be
A sight I'd almost given up all hope to see
I thank you for your gentleness my one regret
Is where were you when I was young why couldn't we have met
Oh where were you when I was young why couldn't we have met

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5.

World Doesn't End Here

Lynn Phillips

© ATV Tunes, ASCAP

The world doesn't end here it has to go on
The old dreams are gone and so are you
The world doesn't end here it starts over again
Though it doesn't end when love is blue

I should forget about you and try not care
Just build a life without you pretend you're still there
The world doesn't end here I tell myself this is true
But my world has ended my world is you

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6.

Sittin' And Thinkin'

Charlie Rich

© Knox Music, ASCAP

I got loaded last night on a bottle of gin
And I had a fight with my best girl friend
But when I'm drinkin' I ain't nobody's friend
Please baby wait for me until they let me out again

I know that same doggone thing has happened before
And everytime it does I hate it more and more
But when I'm drinkin' I ain't nobody's friend
Please baby wait for me until they let me out again

I spent a whole lot of time sittin' and thinkin'
A sittin' and just thinkin' bout you
Well if I didn't spend so much time sittin' and drinkin'
We'd still have the love that we once knew

Oh I won't promise that it won't happen again
But I can promise it'll be a long long time till then
Cause when I'm drinkin' I ain't nobody's friend
Please baby wait for me until they let me out again
Please baby wait for me until they let me out again

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7.

What I Need Most

Hugh X. Lewis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

I burned the toast again today my coffee was too strong
I didn't hear that clock alarm and so I slept too long
I packed myself the same old lunch the way I always do
I'm not for sure but got a hunch what I need most is you

Ever since you went away things keep going wrong
What I'm really trying to say come on back where you belong

Can't find a pair of socks that match my shirts are never clean
Yes I'm the worst dressed guy in town I'm wearing blue with green
Can't think to pay those bills on time they're always overdue
But these are little things I'd find what I need most is you
[ instrumental ]
You left and my world fell apart the nights I sleep are few
But nothing suffers like my heart what I need most is you

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8.

I Just Wasted The Rest

Hugh X. Lewis

© Moss-Rose Pub, BMI

I spent a fourth of my life chasin' women
And I guess booze took up another quarter
My whole life long has been wine women and song
But not necessarily in that order

There's not much I ain't done and I've sure had some fun
And the worst I ever had was the best
That's the way my life's been spent at least ninety percent
And I guess I just wasted the rest

How I used to roar up in Baltimore
Those gals know how to treat you right
Then I used to get stoned down in San Antone
I spent a year down there in one night

There's not much I ain't done and I've sure had some fun...
[ instrumental ]
There's not much I ain't done and I've sure had some fun...
Oh I'm sorry I wasted the rest

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9.

Angry Words

Hugh X. Lewis

© Moss-Rose Pub, BMI

The hurt runs down deep when angry words are spoken
And countless needless tears are always shed
For too often tender hearts are broken
All because these angry words are said

And as you know I stormed out of the house again this morning
I slammed the door and didn't stop to take your usual kiss
Well angry words can make us do things without any warning
That's why I can hardly wait to get home from work to tell you this
First of all baby you're my reason for my living
Why you've stuck with me when things were very very worst
All I know we've got the home and the kids and the joy they're giving
But honey you always did and you always will come first
We found out a long time ago that married life isn't really paradise
And I'm sure we're no angels or else we'd all have wings
But baby you know there's something I just got to make you realize
That is I love you honey that means anything

The hurt runs down deep when angry words are spoken...

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10.

War Is Hell

Hugh X. Lewis - Bill Floyd

© Moss-Rose Pub, BMI

Our baby surely got his mama's temper
The morning silence breaks he must be fed
He's happy now cause I don't hear one whipper
As you slide back beside me in our bed

My arms reach out to cage your body tigtly
My lips survey you warm and velvet skin
Ten thousand miles to you I retreat nigthly
While my mind's playing tricks on me again

My mind's been caught day dreaming AWOL
The enemy is screaming another body fell
War is hell

I must remember I've been trained for killing
That's the only way I can survive
If my luck holds out and God is willing
Tomorrow morning I'll still be alive

The most important thing now is survival
But my mind keeps picturing your smile
I must have sleep so I can't face my rival
So I'll just rest my eyes a little while

My mind's been caught day dreaming AWOL...

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11.

Drinking Champagne

Bill Mack

© Lesric Music, BMI

I'm drinking champagne and feeling no pain till early morning
Dining and dancing with every pretty girl I can find
Having a fling with a pretty young thing till early morning
Knowing tomorrow I'll wake up with you on my mind

Guilty conscience I guess though I must confess
I never loved you much when you were mine

So I'll keep drinking champagne and feeling no pain till early morning
Dining and dancing with every pretty girl I can find
I'll keep having a fling with a pretty young thing till early morning
Knowing tomorrow I'll wake up with you on my mind

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